Jayson Werth clubbed the most dramatic home run in Washington’s baseball history last October, a moment nothing about his recent performance foretold. Between his return from a broken left wrist in August and the end of the regular season, Werth reached base almost 40 percent of the time but hit only two homers in 231 at-bats.

The recovering wrist sapped some of Werth’s power, but, as he revealed today, it was not the only factor. Werth switched to a different bat, the same one he had used upon returning from his previous wrist injury in 2007. His bat late last year was an ounce lighter than his normal model, more balanced and less weighted in the barrel.

This spring, Werth is back to his homer bat. He came to spring training still regaining strength in his wrist, and it is still not 100 percent. He feels occasional weakness and soreness in the muscle at the base of his thumb, which he said is important for snapping his wrist as he swings. Overall, though, Werth is pleased with how his wrist is progressing.

“My hand’s been feeling good,” Werth said. “It’s good days and bad days still. … It didn’t get stronger there for a month [at the end of last season], so I took a month off. Then when I started back up, it was noticeably weaker. But it’s coming along. I’m still dealing with some stuff.